And Too Little Floor:
I feel like everything in my house is coming in on me. As I mentioned earlier this week the house is awful. I keep putting things off for the weekend and it just doesn’t get done. This morning I had had ENOUGH. I cannot change the baby. I cannot walk in the kids rooms. It was time. Mom had hit the breaking point and that is never a good thing.
The first room to tackle was Emma and Analiese’s room. As you can see this was a huge mess. Emma and baby Liese like to play in my living room (which I hate) and at the end of the day the toys just get thrown into the room rather then put away. As a result we have a room that we cannot move in. This has to be a stress and I would not have let it get this bad if I were the one who had to sleep in it. So being that we had today off from school I thought that this was a great day to tackle this room! This room was gone through right before Christmas. We have a deal in our house that you have to clear out the old and make room for the new. This leaves me wondering why Santa felt we even needed new. We have a place for everything it was just a matter of figuring it out, reorganizing and doing it.
So here it is. I feel so much better about it all. This room took hours and I have to admit that there was some crying. Emma did not want to part with the toys that I felt should be parted with. Either way I think that by getting rid of some it has left room to really play. The next venture will be Abigail’s room which I do not think is nearly as bad. Wish me luck!
Becca
Maybe the process of learning to part with the old is an important lesson that is taught here. We are a materialistic society and we forget that “things” are not the most important goal in life.
There is a resilance in people who have lost something, but they know that a house is a house, a job is a job, a car is a car. I have the health I have, I have my family, people love me. The rest is just things…
Maybe even a little girl has to take a moment to mourn the loss of a toy that she thought she loved so much. But she will get over it and move on. And so will the woman…
Very well said Peggie. I think that we have already put it past us. Crafting all day will do that I guess!
Becca
Looks very much like my own families toy area. I do a mass cleaning with two bags- one to throw away broken toys and another for toys to give away.
We do giveaway toys at Christmas time and Birthday time to make way for the new toys- but it always seems we have more then we need!
Great post and brave pic, I am to embarrassed to show you mine
I know the more I look at the picture the more I am thinking that I am nuts! Either way I think that many of us are in the same boat and we just hide it. I let my flaws shine right out there where all can see!
Becca
Very impressing, Becca! I do not have this “clean your room” drama yet, because my son is still too young for that, LOL. But I know, I will have the same thing happening with toys in his room pretty soon, when he starts growing out of them. We do donate old stuff from our house on a regular basis. So I think we are going to donate unused toys too.
hi becca,
thanks for leaving me a comment on my blog the other day! did you guys make the heat cake? how did it turn out??
Maria your turn will come… Donating is a great way to reduce the clutter. In Girl Scouts we did a toy drive this holiday season and donated gently used toys to day care centers in the area. It was all much appreciated.
Becca
Maggie I did make a heart cake for Valentine’s Day. The kids loved it. Thanks for visiting.
Becca
Hey! Have you been in my house?
My girls’ room looks JUST LIKE THAT! (well, except the stuff is different)
I will be tackling their room soon. I always do that when they are not at home, though, so they can’t complain about stuff I decide to get rid of. They never even miss the stuff that’s gone anyways because I know what they play with and what they ignore.
“Mom” I have to admit that I sneak some things into the garbage bags that I know they will not be talked out of! It seems mean but there is just too much and the rooms are too small. I remember when I used to clean my room, which usually looked like the picture, I would cry. I used to “borrow” all kinds of things from my mother and she would yell and yell about it. I do not do this to my kids. We work as a team to get the job done. I ask about most things before eliminating. It is much more pleasant this way! Thank for stopping by!
Becca
We have that same “rule” of clearing out before Christmas. “Santa will not give you anything if you do not get rid of what you no longer play with”,